Articles and Essays on Jewish Topics

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Articles and Essays on Jewish Topics

(descriptive blurbs are my own)

(The views expressed in the articles do not necessarily reflect the views of Tzemach Dovid)

[all articles posted with permission]

As a Father Has Mercy by Dafna Breines
Rosh HaShanah and the Two Year Old in All of Us
What's at stake in Iraq by Jonathan Rosenblum
On the Second Anniversary of 9/11
Sharon is Angry at the Rabbis by Jonathan Rosenblum
Conversion and the Jewish State
Typologies of Anti-Semitism Jonathan Rosenblum
On recent revelations about Harry S. Truman
Reach Out and Help Someone by Jonathan Rosenblum
Creating better relations between Chareidim and Non-Frum
Better Free Than a Hero by Jonathan Rosenblum
On the new revelations about the Pollard case
Torah Scholars, Imagined and Real by Rabbi Avi Shafran
Yigal Amir is not a Torah Scholar
Noam Can't Read (or Do Math) by Jonathan Rosenblum
The situation in Israeli Schools
Is the Jewish State Losing Its Jewishness by Jonathan Rosenblum
Based on current events...
Shutting the Door to Those Who Knock by Jonathan Rosenblum
New programs aimed towards Haredi integration
In Every Generation There Rises Against Us by Jonathan Rosenblum
The effect of Netanyahu's economic plan on Chareidim
As One at the Wall by Rabbi Avi Shafran
On the petition of 'the Women of the Wall'
The Danger of Oversell by Jonathan Rosenblum|
The situation in Iraq and a lesson for Israel
What Da'at Torah Really Means by Rabbi Avi Shafran
Da'at Torah today
The Incitement Double-Standard by Jonathan Rosenblum
Debunking the lies in the media about Haredim
What's With the Fours? by Rabbi Avi Shafran
The Key to the Number Four on Pesach
The Man on the Bima by Rabbi Avi Shafran
The Centrality of Pesach
The Art of Slander by Rabbi Avi Shafran
Purim and Anti-Semitism Today
Anti-War Follies by Jonathan Rosenblum
Why Anti-War arguments do not hold up
Too Few Jews by Jonathan Rosenblum
When is no safety in numbers
The Risk of Not Going to War by Jonathan Rosenblum
Why attack Iraq
The Purim Present by Rabbi Avi Shafran
Stalin and Purim
Animal Wrongs by Rabbi Avi Shafran
No Pity for PETA
Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover by Yosef Reinman
The story behind "One People, Two Worlds"
Why Ramon's Memory Deserves to be Honored by Jonathan Rosenblum
Hakaras HaTov
For Ilan Ramon: with Gratitude by Jonathan Rosenblum
Why we cry
The Right Question by Rabbi Avi Shafran
In the wake of the Columbia disaster
Who Will Guard the Guardians? by Jonathan Rosenblum
On the leaks in the Sharon loan affair
Shinui: A Change for the Worse by Jonathan Rosenblum
Shinui and the new coalition
What to Do About Tommy? by Jonathan Rosenblum
Quelling secular anger
Good Times for Demagogues by Rabbi Avi Shafran
An explanation for Shinui's current success
Who's afraid of Tommy? Who should be afraid? by Jonathan Rosenblum
Why secular Israelis should worry
No Triumph for Israeli Democracy by Jonathan Rosenblum
"Fundamental" rights: Arabs have them; Jews don't
Why Pets Don't Go to Heaven by Rabbi Avi Shafran
On Speciesism, and the difference between humans and animals
Israeli Democracy at the Crossroads by Jonathan Rosenblum
The Israeli Supreme Court and the Central Elections Committee decision
Unsavory Choices by Jonathan Rosenblum
The Coming Israeli Election
A Hatred That Cuts One Way by Jonathan Rosenblum
The Other Anti-Semitism
To Err is to be a Columnist by Jonathan Rosenblum
Second thoughts about the "Something Rotten" article
The Light Bulb in my Refrigerator by Eric Simon
On Being Frum
Spiritual Misguidance by Rabbi Avi Shafran
The New York Times' Approach to the Ten Commandments
Is the Chareidi Press Good for Us? by Jonathan Rosenblum
When the topic is Chareidi politics
Something Rotten in the State of Israel by Jonathan Rosenblum
On politics in Israel
Life, Death, and Dignity by Rabbi Avi Shafran
About a man who chose an alternative to assisted suicide
A Silver Lining for Dark Clouds by Jonathan Rosenblum
What may be on the horizon, with G_d's help
A Call to Jewish Arms by Rabbi Avi Shafran
About a Jewish event that received minimal coverage in the media
Societal Time Bomb in Israel by Rabbi Shmuel Bloom
The Law of Return and the Influx of Non-Jews
Greek Science and the Science of the Torah by Jonathan Rosenblum
Adapted from Rav Hutner's Pachad Yitzchak on Chanukah
Impure Intentions by Rabbi Avi Shafran
Reaction to a documentary about Mikveh
Mikveh Revisited by Jonathan Rosenblum
Reaction to a documentary about Mikveh
To be a Republican by Jonathan Rosenblum
On Republicans and Democrats

Candles in the Wind by Rabbi Avi Shafran
Reflections on Chanukah
Election 2002 by Jonathan Rosenblum
Reflections on the Republican Victory
The Real Givers by Jonathan Rosenblum
Walking the Walk on Giving
When the Medium is the (Misleading) Message by Rabbi Avi Shafran
"One People, Two Worlds"
A good cause can never justify forbidden means by Jonathan Rosenblum
Dealing with the bad apples
Ethics and Ironies by Rabbi Avi Shafran
On The Ethicist and handshakes
Why be Jewish? by Jonathan Rosenblum
Do you know the answer?
Ethical Bloopers by Jonathan Rosenblum
On The Ethicist and handshakes
Shopping Bag Ladies by Malky Lowinger
Satmar Bikur Cholim kitchen
Creative Jewish Accounting by Jonathan Rosenblum
Will the Census Bring us to Our Senses?
The Blurring of Differences by Jonathan Rosenblum
On Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Joined at the Soul By Rabbi Avi Shafran
A Response to Leonard Fein re: "Back to Peoplehood"
But is it journalism? by Jonathan Rosenblum
On Charedei Newspapers
Back to Peoplehood By Rabbi Avi Shafran
Reflections on the Recent Jewish Census
Under the influence of Oslo By Jonathan Rosenblum
About Peres
Dangerous Winds A'blowin By Jonathan Rosenblum
How Far Will Israeli Courts Go?
Whose Abraham By Rabbi Avi Shafran
It's nice to share...
G-d Bless President Bush By Jonathan Rosenblum
George Bush's strength
Right vs. Right By Elaine M. Viders, Esq.
Women's Rights in Judaism
Wings and Prayers By Rabbi Avi Shafran
Kapparos and the New York Times
Recidivist Parents By Rabbi Avi Shafran
On having a large Jewish family
Desert Visions By Rabbi Avi Shafran
Thoughts on the Middle East and Rosh HaShanah
Most Valuable Players By Rabbi Avi Shafran
Why ESPN did a countdown to Havdalah
A Time to Cry By Rabbi Avi Shafran
Thoughts for Rosh HaShannah
The Rabbis Secret By Eric Simon
Why Day School?
Yes, Ernesto, There is a Plot By Rabbi Avi Shafran
On the accusation that a hashgacha is a secret tax
Twin Teachings By Rabbi Avi Shafran
Thoughts on 9-11

The Shofar Shoes by Rabbi Avi Shafran
How to look at the world

(The views expressed in the articles do not necessarily reflect the views of Tzemach Dovid)

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